Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vrock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vrock
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.

Example Sentences

"If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo."
"The hag, after seeing her threats had no effect on Liann, left her alone, though usually watched over by the vrock."

Etymology

Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: vråk

Inflected Forms

vrocks (plural)

Questions

What does vrock mean?: A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
Where does vrock come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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